Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
CLARENCE DARROWIt is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.
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Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
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